2012 Big 12 Football Schedule

The Big 12 has finally announced their schedule for the 2012 football season. I don’t know about the rest of the fans out there, but this has been a pretty exciting ride so far. With Texas A&M, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska all leaving the Big 12 it kind of looked like things were going to be a bit bleak for a while there. However, the Big 12 has done nothing but at strong programs to replace those who “jumped ship” at the first sign of impropriety. While they have only replaced two of the schools, they have replaced them with power schools from smaller conferences. They just officially added West Virginia a couple of days ago who has won the Big East conference twice in the past decade along with being in the top 4 every year in the past decade. The Big East, while a smaller conference than the Big 12, has a lot of history with both football and basketball. They are the premiere conference in men’s and women’s college basketball. Bringing in TCU was probably one of the smartest things that the Big 12 could have done. They are tapped into the Dallas/Fort Worth media network now along with sending a weaker Texas A&M team to the SEC. They have replaced the Thanksgiving game that the University of Texas has been playing Texas A&M for over a century with TCU vs. Texas Longhorns. Something I found interesting when looking at the schedules is that Iowa State only has four games outside the state of Iowa. They have eight home games total with four being out of state and one game down the road at University of Iowa. 

Another interesting thing to look at is that Oklahoma State plays literally 6 different states (well official state schools) including: Texas (UT), Louisiana (ULL), Kansas (KU), West Virginia (WVU), Oklahoma (OU), and Arizona (UA).

2012 Baylor Bears Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Ames, IA	2:00PM CT
09/01/2012	Tulsa	Ames, IA	TBA
09/08/2012	Iowa	Iowa City, IA	TBA
09/15/2012	Western Illinois	Ames, IA	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Texas Tech	Ames, IA	TBA
10/06/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Kansas State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/20/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Baylor Bears	Ames, IA	TBA
11/03/2012	Oklahoma	Ames, IA	TBA
11/10/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/24/2012	West Virginia	Ames, IA	TBA
12/01/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE

2012 Kansas Jayhawks Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/01/2012	South Dakota State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/08/2012	Rice	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/15/2012	TCU	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Northern Illinois	Dekalb, IL	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/06/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
10/13/2012	Oklahoma State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
10/20/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Texas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Iowa State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/24/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
12/01/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA

2012 Kansas State Wildcats Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/01/2012	Missouri State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/08/2012	Miami (FL)	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/15/2012	North Texas	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
10/06/2012	Kansas	Manhattan, KS	TBA
10/13/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/20/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/27/2012	Texas Tech	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Oklahoma State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/10/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
11/24/2012		BYE	BYE
12/01/2012	Texas	Manhattan, KS	TBA

2012 Oklahoma Sooner Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Norman, OK	TBA
09/01/2012	UTEP	El Paso, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	Florida A&M	Norman, OK	TBA
09/15/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/22/2012	Kansas State	Norman, OK	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/06/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Texas	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Kansas	Norman, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Notre Dame	Norman, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
11/10/2012	Baylor	Norman, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/24/2012	Oklahoma State	Norman, OK	TBA
12/01/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA

2012 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/01/2012	Savannah State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/08/2012	Arizona	Tucson, AZ	TBA
09/15/2012	Louisiana	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Texas	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/06/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/13/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
10/20/2012	Iowa State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	TCU	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/10/2012	West Virginia	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	Texas Tech	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/24/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
12/01/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA

2012 TCU Horned Frogs Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
09/08/2012	Grambling State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Virginia	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/29/2012	SMU	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/06/2012	Iowa State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Texas Tech	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/10/2012	Kansas State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
11/24/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	Oklahoma	Fort Worth, TX	TBA

2012 Texas Longhorns Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/01/2012	Orange-White	Austin, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	Wyoming	Austin, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	New Mexico	Austin, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/06/2012	West Virginia	Austin, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Oklahoma	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Baylor	Austin, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Iowa State	Austin, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
11/24/2012	TCU	Austin, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
03/24/2012	Spring Game	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	Northwestern State	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	Texas State	San Marcos, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	New Mexico	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/06/2012	Oklahoma	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	West Virginia	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Texas	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Kansas	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/24/2012	Baylor	Arlington, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE

2012 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/21/2012	Spring Game	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/01/2012	Marshall	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/08/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
09/15/2012	James Madison	Landover, MD	TBA
09/22/2012	Maryland	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/29/2012	Baylor	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/06/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Kansas State	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/27/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
11/03/2012	TCU	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/10/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	Oklahoma	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/24/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
12/01/2012	Kansas	Morgantown, WV	TBA

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West Virginia to the Big 12. Smart or Dumb?

Big 12 sources are coming out and saying that West Virginia could be accepted as soon as later today.  As far as I know the Big 12 is doing this so they can replace Missouri if they leave for the SEC.  This apparently will happen even if Missouri decides to stay in the Big 12.  I imagine that West Virginia will be put into the North Division assuming the Big 12 makes it back to 12 teams.  This works heavily in the Big 12′s favor considering that West Virginia football is probably at an all time high and their basketball team has made the NCAA tournament six out of the last seven years.   If Missouri leaves then that will leave the Big 12 with just 9 teams next season.  West Virginia will be leaving the Big East in 2013.  With TCU joining and Texas A&M/Missouri probably leaving this would leave the conference looking like this:

1. Kansas State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas Tech
5. Baylor
6. TCU
7. Texas
8. Iowa State
9. Kansas

So is this good for the Big 12?  I would have to say yes as far as sports goes.  I think that geographically it makes about as much sense as TCU going to the Big East.  I am really unsure how they expect their fans to travel well to most of their football games.  If it holds the Big 12 together I am all for it though.

Oklahoma to the Pac-12?

According the ESPN there is a lot of leadership at Oklahoma that is still interested in moving to the Pac-12 from their current conference the Big 12.  They are also reporting that Texas officials met with Oklahoma big wigs and they left Norman feeling very doubtful that Oklahoma would be staying.  What does this mean for the Big 12?  Well there are a whole lot of situations at this point the worst one of which being that both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State move over to the Pac-12.  That would leave the Big 12 in a very bad position.  Texas has already made it clear that it would not consider a 7 team Big 12 viable.  We all know what has happened since last year when Colorado and Nebraska decided to go elsewhere.  Now Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State are all looking elsewhere while everyone else in the conference minus Texas is talking possible lawsuit against everyone leaving the conference.  If you are a Texas fan like us, you are just sitting and waiting for everything to unfold. Lets be honest with each other, short of a death penalty there is not a whole lot that could really hurt Texas athletic program.  Texas A&M will not get in if there are

Bobby Bowden had Prostate Cancer?

If you are wondering whats up with the title, I can tell you right now that former long-time Florida State coach Bobby Bowden came out today to say that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer back in early 2007 and was treated for it during the off season that same year.  He is supposedly in remission now for four years but wanted to keep everything a secret so that it would not affect recruiting or take away from the rest of the team.  This was probably the smart way to go if you consider all of the distractions that have been going around College Football these days.  Entire programs are being destroyed by distractions.  USC has not been the same since the Reggie Bush era.  With the story coming out now (after he was given the boot from FSU) not only does it leave very little distraction for FSU, it shows how much Coach Bowden truly does care about the Florida State program.  When I think of some of the greatest coaches of any sport, I fully believe Bobby Bowden deserves to be in every discussion.  I am pretty sure he is your coaches favorite coach.  All in all, I have to say that I am quite surprised that this new came out, but at the same time, not at all surprised that they kept this a secret.  I am just glad the man is in remission. 

Why Oklahoma will not win the National Championship in 2011

So I know you have all heard by now that Oklahoma is #1 overall in all polls so far.  I have honestly learned that you cannot rely on the preseason polls for the most part.  While I have to admit, most of the Top 25 teams tend to stay about the same every single season, they are almost never right about who is number at the end of the season.  Oklahoma will play their second game at Florida State (a team who has been waiting to rip open a top 5 team).  It seems the loss of Bobby Bowden has not hurt expectations of the Seminoles as they are once again a Top 10 team preseason even though they barely finished in the Top 25 last season.  Well Florida State will already have two games under their belt while Oklahoma will just have one.  So what does this mean for Oklahoma?  It could be nothing honestly and Oklahoma could come out and stomp on Florida State but my gut tells me this is going to be a huge win for the ACC and a catastrophe for the Big 12.  If Oklahoma loses to Florida State early on, I cannot imagine a scenario in which Oklahoma can get back into the National Championship spotlight.  We have seen in years past that early losses really are not that big of a deal as long as it happens before the BCS polls come out.  Even if they somehow manage to get past #6 Florida State  with #21 Missouri right after, they will still need to get past a hot and bothered #8 Texas A&M along with long time rival #9 Oklahoma State (@ Oklahoma State).  This does not bode well for a quarterback who takes a pounding at times.  To be honest with you I would not be surprised if A&M showed us something special this season because of how angry they are with the rest of the country.  I cannot imagine how it feels to be an Aggie fan right now with the fate of your school or alma mater set in stone.  I will make a bold prediction right now in saying that Oklahoma will not play in the, let alone win, the National Championship this season.

To All the Texas A&M Fans Out There:

Hello Aggies how are you doing on this fine afternoon?  Not too angry about the Longhorn Network I hope?  What I find funny is that no one had a problem when Texas was making more than $80 Million per season through their football team alone yet now fans are in uproar since they signed a TV contract with ESPN.  If Texas A&M leaves you can almost be guaranteed that the University of Texas will go independent.  If Notre Dame and BYU can go independent and Texas has 10 times the recruits both schools pick up, there really isn’t any reason they would not be able to go independent.  Aggies going to the SEC would be one of the worst moves they could possibly make.  I realize that there might be a little bit more money involved for you but consider this before you decide to make this move.  This could be your schedule if you move to the SEC:

Texas A&M Possible SEC Schedule

Team	Current Ranking	Last Years Record
SMU	NR	7-7 (6-2)
Texas	24	5-7 (2-6)
Arkansas	14	10-3 (6-2)
LSU	4	11-2 (6-2)
Ole Miss	NR	4-8 (1-7)
Auburn	19	14-0 (8-0)
Alabama	2	10-3 (5-3)
Missouri	21	10-3 (6-2)
Florida	23	8-5 (4-4)
Georgia	22	6-7 (3-5)
BYU	NR	7-6
Mississippi State	20	9-4 (4-4)

Oklahoma #1??? No One Gets Crowned Pre-Season

Skip Bayless is “booking it” already and says that Oklahoma has rightly been chosen #1 by most of the coaches in the NCAA. Oklahoma vs. Alabama in the national championship??? I think not.  Anyways, the Coaches Poll has come out and surprise surprise Okie-La-Homer was right, they are #1 by quite a distance.  Alabama comes in second with less than a third of the votes of Oklahoma.  Does this mean that Oklahoma is 3 times better than Alabama…of course not.  The Big 12 looks strong this year, lets just hope they can live up to their reputation.   With exactly half of the Big 12 in the top 25, we are no doubt expecting great things this season.  Another team that SidelineBlog will be closely following is the TCU Hornfrogs.  They were undefeated last season beating two #5 ranked teams and Oregon State who was in the Top 25 at the beginning of the season.  They beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.  I think that  leaves nothing else to say.  Here is your Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25 (and also realize that this is in no way how the season will turn out).

 

Rank	School	Record	Points	Previous
1	Oklahoma	0-0	1454	6
2	Alabama	0-0	1414	11
3	Oregon	0-0	1309	3
4	LSU	0-0	1296	8
5	Florida State	0-0	1116	16
6	Stanford	0-0	1101	4
7	Boise State	0-0	1065	7
8	Oklahoma State	0-0	933	10
9	Texas A&M	0-0	885	21
10	Wisconsin	0-0	829	8
11	Nebraska	0-0	814	19
12	South Carolina	0-0	779	22
13	Virginia Tech	0-0	767	15
14	Arkansas	0-0	750	12
15	TCU	0-0	687	2
16	Ohio State	0-0	631	5
17	Michigan State	0-0	536	14
18	Notre Dame	0-0	440	Not Ranked
19	Auburn	0-0	329	1
20	Mississippi State	0-0	301	17
21	Missouri	0-0	266	18
22	Georgia	0-0	260	Not Ranked
23	Florida	0-0	240	Not Ranked
24	Texas	0-0	162	Not Ranked
25	Penn State	0-0	161	Not Ranked
26	Arizona State	0-0	158	Not Ranked
27	West Virginia	0-0	149	Not Ranked
28	Utah	0-0	50	23
29	Miami (FL)	0-0	49	Not Ranked
30	Iowa	0-0	41	Not Ranked
31	Northwestern	0-0	30	Not Ranked
32	Arizona	0-0	28	Not Ranked
33	UCF	0-0	22	20
34	Michigan	0-0	19	Not Ranked
35	Air Force	0-0	15	Not Ranked
36	North Carolina	0-0	14	Not Ranked
37	Houston	0-0	13	Not Ranked
38	South Florida	0-0	9	Not Ranked
39	Hawaii	0-0	8	Not Ranked
40	Clemson	0-0	7	Not Ranked
41	Tennessee	0-0	7	Not Ranked
42	Southern Mississippi	0-0	6	Not Ranked
43	BYU	0-0	5	Not Ranked
44	North Carolina State	0-0	4	25
45	Northern Illinois	0-0	4	Not Ranked
46	Oregon State	0-0	4	Not Ranked
47	Pittsburgh	0-0	3	Not Ranked
48	Washington	0-0	3	Not Ranked
49	Nevada	0-0	1	13
50	Georgia Tech	0-0	1	Not Ranked

Longhorns on Top of Money List Again!

That’s right, out of the Top 200 Colleges and Universities, The University of Texas at Austin tops them all in amount of merchandise sold. The Longhorns made over $10 million in the last fiscal year (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010).  That’s almost $1.5 million more than they made last year.  This top 10 looks almost identical to a lot of the college sports top 10 teams.  I think its interesting how those two go hand in hand.  A lot of professors curse at collegiate sports like they serve no purpose in this educational system.  I say they go side by side more than you could think.  Colleges need to make money in order to update their facilities, pay their staff, and keep everything like business as usual.  Sports bring in far more money(Football in particular) than the professors do.  That’s impressive if you consider the amount of grants that professors can get from companies and individuals who support whatever research and development is going on in that field.  The point is that I am tired of hearing about how UT puts too much emphasis on sports and not enough on the education.  To me, The University of Texas at Austin is the best place in the world to go to school because not only is it one of the best public universities in the nation for education, but its also one of the best University systems for sports having teams ranked in the Top 25 in nearly all sports.  The Collegiate system out there to me also falls under the “iron law of oligarchy” in the sense that eventually the best teams are just gonna get better making all the other schools out there suffer ever more than they already are.

Top Selling Universities

Rank	College/University
1	The University of Texas at Austin
2	The University of Alabama
3	University of Florida
4	Louisiana State University
5	The University of North Carolina
6	University of Georgia
7	The University of Michigan
8	University of Kentucky
9	The Pennsylvania State University
10	The University of Oklahoma
11	University of Notre Dame
12	University of Tennessee
13	West Virginia University
14	University of Nebraska
15	Auburn University
16	University of Wisconsin
17	The University of Kansas
18	University of Missouri
19	Florida State University
20	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
21	Texas A&M University
22	University of Illinois
23	University of South Carolina
24	Texas Tech University
25	Clemson University
26	Oklahoma State University

The Collegiate Licensing Company Names Top Selling Universities and Manufacturers

Mack Brown Rap

The title says it all.  I am a fan of music but more importantly Chopped and Screwed music.  You know, the slowed down style normally involving a deep voice.  For sure, it sounds a lot like Mike Jones more than likely and it could be for all I know.  What I do know is that its a baller song that Mack Brown should play right before he goes and gives his big speech before the game.  In fact they should just go ahead and make a rap song for all the players and they should just listen to the song before the game starts and there wouldn’t even need to be a big speech.  Anyways, check the video out because it was originally showcased on 1300 The Zone (AM Radio Station out of Austin) which is my favorite station when I am in Austin because its the official Longhorn station.

Move over Minnesota, Notre Dame is here.

The all but sealed deal between the Minnesota Gophers and the Texas Longhorns  is anything but at this point.  The deal was that Texas and Minnesota would play each other in 2015 and 2016.  I imagine that Minnesota had thought Christmas had come early when they thought they had this deal in the bag back in September 2009 because anyone who plays the Longhorns gets rich.  While this would have been the first time the two teams had gotten together was just a few years after the Great Depression back in 1936.  While this may come as a disappointment to Longhorn fans, I have heard rumors of the Minnesota series being replaced by playing Notre Dame in the same seasons.  We have all heard about how Notre Dame has been wanting to ramp up their schedule in order to boost rankings and viewership.  It looks like they have taken a swipe at Minnesota while trying to increase their ratings.  Good thing I am not a Gopher fan or I might be mad.  Maybe they will get their shot in the Alamo Bowl if Texas craters this season behind Garrett Gilbert.  As a Lohghorn fan, I look forward to whooping up on Notre Dame in the future.  Especially if Will Muschamp is at the helm.

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